Iceland-June 2014

Iceland, June 2014, Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) trip.
Thingvellir National Park. A site of historical, cultural, and geological importance and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland. It is also the location of a major rift beteen two tectonic plates, the European and North American, which creates a dramatic (and growing) fissure in the land. The Althing (General Assembly) was established here in 930 and continued meeting for more than 850 years until 1798. For more info:http://www.thingsites.com/thing-site-profiles/thingvellir-icelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir